Dave's Redistricting

Redistricting

Redistricting is the process of creating or changing district
boundaries for congress, for a state legislature or for local
elected offices.

Every 10 years after the U.S. census is taken, the seats in the
House of Representatives are
reapportioned
among the states based on population. The 2010 census numbers are
out. See the
Census Bureau widget (Apportionment tab) to see which states
gained or lost seats. Each state has its own process for drawing the
boundaries; some are fairly non-partisan; others highly partisan.

Check out Daily
Kos Elections for a lot of good information on political races
around the country. You can find a lot of diaries on redistricting,
including many where people have used my redistricting app (see
below).

Check out Maps for some files of
redistricting plans that can be loaded in Dave's
Redistricting App.

Do Your Own Redistricting

I've created Dave's
Redistricting, a web application that allows you to draw
congressional, legislative and county council districts the way
you think they should be, for all 50 states,
Washington, DC and Puerto Rico. You
can use it free.